allograph (different shape but same meaning)
connotation as a character part
abbreviated, abbreviation
contracted, contraction
extended meaning
government
kanji, ideograph, character
literal translation from the Shuowen Jiezi
modified, modification
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mijn hanzi, modification
opposite meaning or situation
when used as a character part
explanation according to Richard Sears (http://hanziyuan.net/)
one of the 214 radicals in the traditional character classification system
situation chosen for evoking this meaning
suffix for counting units of objects, etc.
Unclassified by Joseph De Roo.
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門門RS
门门		𨳇gate, door, entrance, opening
  • → 門; two doors 戶 make up one gate
  • ⓢ looks like the frame of a door 冂 and it's door closer 丶, with the door itself missing
 砲 鬥
冘冘RSmove on, march
  • RS. a man 大 walking with a load across his shoulder 工 or in a wide space 冂: → 冘
貝貝RS
贝贝		sea shell, money, currency, rad. 154
  • two halves of a sea shell → 貝
  • ⓢ animal that crawls in 入 and out of it's shell 冂
  • used as money: 貫
介; 殻 甲; 幣 釣 銭 金
高高RS髙high, tall, lofty, elevated
  • high house visible in the open country 冂 with one room 口 above another 口 and a roof 亠 on top
耒; 稿 亭
商商RS𠿧𠹧𡅟𠾃𡄚𧶜 𡄚commerce, business, trade, make a deal, selling
丙丙RSthird (class), 3rd heavenly stem
  • RS. originally smoke rising in 入 the hearth 冂 to the sky 一: a third way of cooking things (after eating it raw or cooked)
  • consists of three elements: one enters 入 the wide 冂 skies 一
俞; 三; 病 柄
禸禸RSrump (hind part of the body), track, rad. 114
  • the individual 厶 walks along a track through the wide 冂 countryside 冂; he sees only the hind part of the one in front of him
獻獻RS
献献		𤣉offer, present, show, display
  • special cauldrons with tiger design 鬳 on display guarded by dogs 犬
  • ten 十 tools 𢆉 under cover 冂 on display in a museum guarded by a dogs 犬
冉冉RS冄tender, weak, proceed gradually
  • a weak plant standing in the soil 土 must be covered or it dies 冂
  • abbr. 冄
尚尚RSstill, yet, even, fairly, rather, roof, esteemed, respected
  • RS. decorated roof 龸 of building 冂 with window 口; people living there are in high esteem and are respected
 猶 更 又 且; 尊 敬; al. : 常 掌 党 賞 堂 償
雨雨RS𠕲𠕒𠕘𩁼㲾rain, rainy, rad. 173 傘; 虹; 漏; 3144-3179
巾巾RSkerchief, towel, turban, rad. 50
  • cloth 冂 hanging on a stick 丨
 帝 席 帥 師 常 幣 布 帆 帳 幅 帽 帯 綿 飾 雨 刷
央央RScenter, conclude, run out, beg
  • RS. man 大 carrying a big load 冂 on a pole 一 which he has to balance so he's in the middle; after he's finished he begs for water; con.: balance
器; 枢; 召; 中; 英 映
内内RS內inside 奥 中; 肉 納 丙
南南RS
  • south, southern part, southward (when the sun shines much 十 in the south there's much 十 work in the fields 冂 to gather seeds 干 and vegetables 丷 with a pitchfork 𢆉)
离离RSrare beast, strange, elegant
  • RS. animal with head at top and butt and tail at bottom: → 离
  • it is unfortunate 㐫 that rare beasts are almost never seen because of their typical 厶 camouflage 冂
離
啇啇RSto stalk, the stem, the foot, the base
  • old 古 stalks of grain standing 立 at the country side 冂
帝帝RSsupreme ruler, emperor, god
  • person standing 立 with wide 冂 clothes 巾
剛剛RS
刚刚		hard, tough, rigid, strong
  • knife 刂 cutting through mountains and mist 岡/冈 alike: hard and strong
  • ⓢ controlling 乂 the wilderness 冂, I just reach the ridge of the hill 冈. It is hard as a knife 刂.
禹禹RSYu, the legendary founder of the Hsia 夏 Dynasty 21st-16th century B.C.
  • insect 虫 with a wide bottom 冂 and head 一
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